Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalytic device having a first catalyst coating layer and a second catalyst coating layer on a substrate, wherein the first catalyst coating layer includes first inorganic oxide particles and first catalytic noble metal particles, the second catalyst coating layer includes second inorganic oxide particles and second catalytic noble metal particles, the first inorganic oxide particles include a composite oxide support containing an OSC material and an alkaline earth metal oxide, the first catalytic noble metal particles include one or two selected from Pt and Pd, the second inorganic oxide particles include the OSC material, the second catalytic noble metal particles include Rh, the first catalyst coating layer is substantially free of Rh, and the second catalyst coating layer is substantially free of Pt, Pd, and alkaline earth metal oxides.

Abstract: A particulate filter includes a base material having a wall-flow structure including porous partition walls partitioning inlet and outlet cells, and wash-coating layers held inside partition walls. The wash-coating layers include inlet layers each formed from vicinity of an end portion at exhaust gas inflow side to have predetermined length and thickness and outlet layers each formed from vicinity of end portion at exhaust gas outflow side to have a predetermined length and thickness. The inlet and the outlet layers partially overlap with each other. Inlet layers of particulate filter contain substantially no noble metal catalyst, and outlet layers contain noble metal catalyst. Accordingly, PM collection performance can be easily enhanced in inlet region, and high gas distributability (pressure loss suppression performance) can be maintained in outlet region.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst provides excellent removal performance of methane, which is chemically stable. Exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate that divides cells through which an exhaust gas flows and a catalyst layer that is provided on a surface of the substrate. The catalyst layer includes a palladium layer containing palladium that extends from a first end part which is an end part on the side into which an exhaust gas in the cells flows to a second end part which is an end part on the side from which an exhaust gas flows out, a platinum layer containing platinum that extends from the second end part to the first end part, and a rhodium layer containing rhodium that is laminated with both the palladium layer and the platinum layer.

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein provides a particulate filter that can appropriately avoid PM from passing toward the outlet cell and can exhibit an excellent PM capturing performance. The particulate filter 1 disclosed herein includes: an outercoat layer 20 provided on an inlet surface 16a of a partition 16 of a base material 10. The outercoat layer 20 at least includes: a lower layer 22 provided on the inlet surface 16a of the partition 16; and an upper layer 24 provided to cover the lower layer 22. The mean particle diameter of granules contained in the upper layer 24 is higher than the mean particle diameter of granules contained in the lower layer. The mean particle diameter of the granules in the lower layer 22 is from 0.4 ?m to 2.0 ?m inclusive, and the mean particle diameter of the granules in the upper layer 24 is from 2.0 ?m to 7.0 ?m inclusive.

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein provides a particulate filter that can appropriately avoid PM from passing toward the outlet cell and can exhibit an excellent PM capturing performance. The particulate filter 1 disclosed herein includes: an outercoat layer 20 provided on an inlet surface 16a of a partition 16 of a base material 10. The outercoat layer 20 at least includes: a lower layer 22 provided on the inlet surface 16a of the partition 16; and an upper layer 24 provided to cover the lower layer 22. The mean particle diameter of granules contained in the upper layer 24 is higher than the mean particle diameter of granules contained in the lower layer. The mean particle diameter of the granules in the lower layer 22 is from 0.4 ?m to 2.0 ?m inclusive, and the mean particle diameter of the granules in the upper layer 24 is from 2.0 ?m to 7.0 ?m inclusive.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a wall-flow type particulate filter in which pressure loss is suppressed despite a large formation region of a catalyst layer is provided. The particulate filter disclosed herein includes a wall-flow type base material and a catalyst layer formed on the base material. The base material includes an inlet side cell whose only end part on an exhaust gas entry side is open, an outlet side cell whose only end part on an exhaust gas exit side is open, and a partition wall that sections between the inlet side cell and the outlet side cell and includes a plurality of pores communicating between the inlet side cell and the outlet side cell. A first catalyst layer is formed on a surface of the partition wall that is in contact with the inlet side cell. The first catalyst layer is provided in a region over 80% of a total length of the base material from an end part of the base material on the exhaust gas entry side toward an end part thereof on the exhaust gas exit side.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst provides excellent removal performance of methane, which is chemically stable. Exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate that divides cells through which an exhaust gas flows and a catalyst layer that is provided on a surface of the substrate. The catalyst layer includes a palladium layer containing palladium that extends from a first end part which is an end part on the side into which an exhaust gas in the cells flows to a second end part which is an end part on the side from which an exhaust gas flows out, a platinum layer containing platinum that extends from the second end part to the first end part, and a rhodium layer containing rhodium that is laminated with both the palladium layer and the platinum layer.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst provides excellent removal performance of methane, which is chemically stable. Exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate that divides cells through which an exhaust gas flows and a catalyst layer that is provided on a surface of the substrate. The catalyst layer includes a palladium layer containing palladium that extends from a first end part which is an end part on the side into which an exhaust gas in the cells flows to a second end part which is an end part on the side from which an exhaust gas flows out, a platinum layer containing platinum that extends from the second end part to the first end part, and a rhodium layer containing rhodium that is laminated with both the palladium layer and the platinum layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ohmic heating-type exhaust gas purification catalyst system. The ohmic heating-type exhaust gas purification catalyst system is configured to perform, based on information of temperature of a catalyst bed input from a temperature detector of an ohmic heating-type exhaust gas purification device, electric current pass control including controls of (1) causing an electric current to pass through a pair of electrodes when the temperature of the catalyst bed is equal to or lower than a first threshold temperature T1 set in a range of 350±25° C., (2) not causing an electric current to pass through the pair of electrodes when the temperature of the catalyst bed exceeds the first threshold temperature T1 and is equal to or lower than a second threshold temperature T2 set in a range of 450±25° C.

Abstract: An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes a catalyst-coated filter. The catalyst-coated filter includes a filter substrate and a catalyst layer on a pore wall of the filter substrate. The exhaust gas-purifying catalyst has a first end, a second end, a porous wall, a first cell, and a second cell. The first cell is closed at the second end, the second cell is closed at the first end, and the first cell and the second cell are adjacent to each other with the porous wall interposed therebetween. At a surface of the porous wall on the first cell side, a proportion SS/S of a total area SS of pores having an opening diameter of less than 40 ?m in a total area S of all pores is 65% or more.

Abstract: An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes a catalyst-coated filter and inorganic particles in a powder form. The catalyst-coated filter includes a filter substrate and a catalyst layer on a pore wall of the filter substrate. The catalyst-coated filter has a first end portion, a second end portion, a filter wall, an entry-side cell, and an exit-side cell. The filter wall is porous. The entry-side cell is opened at the first end portion and closed at the second end portion. The exit-side cell is opened at the second end portion and closed at the first end portion. The entry-side cell and the exit-side cell are adjacent to each other with the filter wall interposed therebetween. The inorganic particles in a powder form are localized at a surface of the filter wall adjacent to the entry-side cell at a cross section parallel to the thickness direction of the filter wall.

Abstract: A particulate filter disclosed herein includes a wall-flow structure substrate 10 and a wash coat layer 20 held inside a partition 16 of the substrate 10. The wash coat layer 20 includes an inlet layer 22 formed to have predetermined length LA and thickness TA from near an end thereof on an exhaust gas inflow side X1, and an outlet layer 24 formed to have predetermined length LB and thickness TB from near an end thereof on an exhaust gas outflow side X2. The inlet layer 22 and the outlet layer 24 partially overlap each other. In the particulate filter disclosed herein, the inlet layer 22 contains a precious metal catalyst, while the outlet layer 24 contains substantially no precious metal catalyst. The length LA of the inlet layer is 50% or more and 75% or less of a total length L of the partition 16. Thus, the particulate filter is capable of achieving both PM collection performance and pressure-drop reduction performance at high levels.

Abstract: According to a technique disclosed herein, provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst, which both suppresses OSC when using a new vehicle and maintains OSC during life cycles. The exhaust gas purification catalyst disclosed herein is an exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate, and a catalyst coated layer formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the catalyst coated layer contains an OSC material having an oxygen storage capacity. The catalyst coated layer includes a Rh layer mainly containing Rh as a catalyst metal, and a Pd/Pt layer mainly containing Pd and/or Pt as a catalyst metal. At least a portion of the Pd/Pt layer in the catalyst coated layer contains, as the OSC material, a low specific surface area OSC material, including a ceria-zirconia composite oxide and having a specific surface area of 40 m2/g or more and 60 m2/g or less.

Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst system comprising, in the following order, from the upstream side of an exhaust gas flow: a first exhaust gas purification catalyst apparatus 100 including a metal honeycomb substrate 110 and a first catalyst coat layer 120 on the metal honeycomb substrate 110; a heater 300; and a second exhaust purification catalyst apparatus 200 including a cordierite honeycomb substrate 210 and a second catalyst coat layer 220 on the cordierite honeycomb substrate 210, wherein the first catalyst coat layer 120 contains an adsorbent 130 that can adsorb one or two or more among NOx, HC and CO, and the second catalyst coat layer 220 contains inorganic oxide particles 230 and catalyst precious metal particles 240 supported on the inorganic oxide particles 230.

Abstract: The technology herein disclosed provides a wall flow type exhaust gas purifying catalyst capable of establishing the compatibility between the noxious gas purifying performance and the pressure loss suppressing performance at a high level. The exhaust gas purifying catalyst herein disclosed includes a base material 11 and a catalyst layer 20. Then, a first catalyst region 22 including the catalyst layer 20 formed therein is provided on an entry side surface 16a of a partition wall 16 of the base material 11. A second catalyst region 24 including the catalyst layer 20 formed on a wall surface 18a of a pore 18 is provided in a prescribed region from an exit side surface 16b of the partition wall toward an entry side cell 12. Further, a catalyst unformed region 30 in which a catalyst layer is substantially not formed is provided between the first catalyst region 22 and the second catalyst region 24 in the thickness direction Y of the partition wall 16.

Abstract: A particulate filter disclosed herein includes a wall-flow structure substrate 10 and a wash coat layer 20 held inside a partition 16 of the substrate 10. The wash coat layer 20 includes an inlet layer 22 formed to have predetermined length LA and thickness TA from near an end thereof on an exhaust gas inflow side X1, and an outlet layer 24 formed to have predetermined length LB and thickness TB from near an end thereof on an exhaust gas outflow side X2. The inlet layer 22 and the outlet layer 24 partially overlap each other. In the particulate filter disclosed herein, the inlet layer 22 contains a precious metal catalyst, while the outlet layer 24 contains substantially no precious metal catalyst. The length LA of the inlet layer is 50% or more and 75% or less of a total length L of the partition 16. Thus, the particulate filter is capable of achieving both PM collection performance and pressure-drop reduction performance at high levels.

Abstract: Provided is a particulate filter in which a PM collection rate is stably increased. The particulate filter according to the present invention includes a substrate 10 having a wall flow structure having a porous partition wall 16 that partitions an inlet cell and an outlet cell, and a wash coat layer held on surfaces of internal pores of the partition wall. In addition, average filling rates A, B, and C of the wash coat layer measured for each predetermined pore diameter range in the internal pores satisfy specific relationships. Further, the wash coat layer is formed in a region that occupies 50% or more of a thickness of the partition wall, and an amount of a noble metal catalyst carried by the wash coat layer is 0 g/L or more but 0.2 g/L or less.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst having a substrate having a wall flow structure, and a catalyst layer. The catalyst layer has: an A section provided in the interior of the partition wall, along an extension direction X of the partition wall, from an exhaust gas inflow end section; a C section provided in the interior of the partition wall, along the extension direction X of the partition wall, from an exhaust gas outflow end section; and a B section disposed between the A section and the C section in the extension direction X of the partition wall, and provided over the surface of the partition wall on the side in contact with the inlet cell, the interior of the partition wall, and the surface of the partition wall on the side in contact with the outlet cell.

Abstract: A particulate filter includes a base material having a wall-flow structure including porous partition walls partitioning inlet and outlet cells, and wash-coating layers held inside partition walls. The wash-coating layers include inlet layers each formed from vicinity of an end portion at exhaust gas inflow side to have predetermined length and thickness and outlet layers each formed from vicinity of end portion at exhaust gas outflow side to have a predetermined length and thickness. The inlet and the outlet layers partially overlap with each other. Inlet layers of particulate filter contain substantially no noble metal catalyst, and outlet layers contain noble metal catalyst. Accordingly, PM collection performance can be easily enhanced in inlet region, and high gas distributability (pressure loss suppression performance) can be maintained in outlet region.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification catalyst provides excellent removal performance of methane, which is chemically stable. Exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate that divides cells through which an exhaust gas flows and a catalyst layer that is provided on a surface of the substrate. The catalyst layer includes a palladium layer containing palladium that extends from a first end part which is an end part on the side into which an exhaust gas in the cells flows to a second end part which is an end part on the side from which an exhaust gas flows out, a platinum layer containing platinum that extends from the second end part to the first end part, and a rhodium layer containing rhodium that is laminated with both the palladium layer and the platinum layer.